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Celebrating Hanukkah and Kwanzaa is easier than ever this year — as long as you can find the right candles

JL;DR SUMMARY The overlap of Hanukkah and Kwanzaa this year offers a unique opportunity for those celebrating both to integrate the occasions smoothly, potentially using creative solutions like custom-made black candles to adhere to traditions. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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CommunityHanukkahCultural IntegrationCandlesKwanzaaBlack Jewish Liberation CollectiveMulticultural CelebrationsShoshana BrownAfrican American JewryCreative Solutions

Places mentioned

Alexandria, Virginia, United States
"At the Alexandria Black History Museum Kwanzaa candles display the traditional colors of black, red and green."
New York, United States
"A December 2017 celebration of Kwanzakkah by the Black Jewish Liberation Collective at the Park Slope Moishe House in New York."
Brooklyn, New York, United States
"Rite Lite Judaica of Brooklyn offers something close: a striking two-tone black and white candle."

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